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M76 (LITTLE DUMBBELL NEBULA)

M76 (LITTLE DUMBBELL NEBULA)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Perseus
  • Location: RA: 01h 42m 18.0s Dec: +51d 34' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 163 x 107 arc-seconds
  • Magnitude: 11.0
  • Type: Planetary Nebula
  • AKA: ngc650, PK 130-10.1
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned,
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 8/31/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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